John Malkovich

Some Shakespeare, a touch of Stoppard and then things get really Wilder (Thornton, that is). That's just some of the major writers whose works will highlight a busy stage season on Connecticut. Throw in a new musical at Goodspeed, a new comedy by a writer/producer of "The Simpsons" and a dash of Pinter and Sontag for intellectuals and you have something for all theater tastes. Smart and sexy: Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven (Oct. 3 to 25). When Stoppard visited New Haven last week he said: "I don't have a hidden agenda. My plays are about what they seem to be about." So what's...

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